No more allegations of flip-flopping for Newt Gingrich, please. He says his ideas are going to be “evolving.”

“The challenges that we face are so big, that no one has the solutions. And we’re going to have to run a campaign where ideas keep evolving,” the former U.S. House speaker said.

He said that would “drive the media crazy, because they’ll want to play gotcha” and say his position had changed.

Gingrich, talking to reporters after his speech, expressed his frustration that his comments about health care on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” show were interpreted as showing support for President Obama’s health-care reform.

Gingrich said his initial proposals will be bare-bones ideas, and he wants input from Americans. “We’re entering an age when the challenges are so big, that we have to use the Internet and to use talk radio … to get many people helping us think things through so that they get used to the idea that they’re part of the process and it’s not being imposed upon them by Washington.”

The commitment to seeking out and planning on feedback and help from outside Washington isn’t just smart politics. It’s smart, period. But it’s also a rather ingenious way for Gingrich to carve out some room for himself to adjust his statements as his makes the transition from pundit to candidate.